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__ Black Hawk FFA Easter Egg Hunt __ The Black Hawk FFA Chapter held its annual Easter Egg Hunt at the high school on Friday, April 2. There were many area children, family, friends, and FFA members present to pack the commons and make this event a big success. Along with a visit from the Easter bunny, children “hunted” for eggs and received candy to take home. In anticipation of Easter egg hunting, children could get their face painted, play bean bag toss, color, and participate in other fun games. Linda Figi also let us borrow her bunny for the children to pet. Thank you Ms. Figi! We hope to see you next year for another successful Easter Egg hunt!

Belleville Practice CDE’s Every year before heading to State Career Development Events (CDE’s), Belleville invites several schools around Wisconsin to attend their practice CDE judging. This year the contest was run on April 16th. The events there included: Dairy judging, Livestock judging, Farm Management, Agronomy, Dairy Food Products, and Wildlife Management. The Black Hawk Chapter went there to test their knowledge on: Dairy judging, Farm Management, Agronomy, Dairy Food Products, and Wildlife Management. Participating in these events were: Connor Moore, Cuyler Meier, Megan Vosberg, Dani Hagen, Cory Rupnow, and Kyle Terhark - Dairy Cattle judging; Thad Brenum and Crystal Novak – Livestock judging; Aaron Monson, Kate Quinn, and Mike Powers – Farm Management; Chaesta Shager, Sarah Marquis, and Blake Wand – Agronomy; Kayla Melland, Morgan Nelson, and Wyatt Ramstack – Dairy Food Products; Justin Stietz, Cory Lincicum, Kyle Walters, and Abby Schiferl – Wildlife Management. The Farm Management team placed second overall. Kate Quinn placed fourth individually in this contest. The Agronomy team also placed second overall. Chaesta Shager placed third and Sarah Marquis placed eighth in this contest. Connor Moore placed fifth individually in Dairy Cattle judging.

State CDE’s The Black Hawk chapter went to UW-Madison on April 30th to test their skills from the past year(s) participating in certain contests. Members participating in State contests were: Kate Quinn, Aaron Monson, and Mike Powers – Agricultural Sales; Kayla Melland, Katie Brummel, and Wyatt Ramstack – Dairy Food Products; Chaesta Shager, Sarah Marquis, and Blake Wand – Agronomy; Dani Hagen – Diary Cattle Showmanship. The Agricultural Sales team scored a silver rating. The Agronomy team placed fifth overall, and Chaesta Shager placed fourth individually in this contest. Picture to the left (left to right): first row – Sarah Marquis, Dani Hagen; second row – Blake Wand, Chaesta Shager, Kayla Melland, Mikey Powers; third row – Wyatt Ramstack, Katie Brummel, Kate Quinn, and Aaron Monson

Black Hawk Ag Olympics On Friday, May 14th the Black Hawk FFA Chapter held an Ag Olympic day on the Black Hawk High School football field. It was full of exciting, strategy-based, and sometimes physically challenging games. Some of these games were a straw bale toss, tug-of-war, relay race, bucket hold (where other grades dump water into the bucket you have to parallel your shoulders), breakfast time (racing to eat cheese and drink milk before your opponent), and a sack race. The entire Black Hawk High School was involved in the activities which ran all day long. In the end, the 11th grade took first place and won a pizza party during lunch. Following the 11th graders were the 12th graders in second place, the 10th graders in third place, and the 9th graders in fourth place. Good job everybody and thanks for making it the great day it was!